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Nominations Announced for the British Academy Cymru Awards in 2018

The nominations have been announced for the British Academy Cymru Awards, honouring excellence in broadcasting and production within film, games and television in Wales.

Born to Kill and Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher lead with six nominations each

Bang and Craith each receive five nominations

Charlotte Church and Gareth ‘Alfie’ Thomas receive their first nominations in Presenter category

Cardiff, 6 September 2018: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has announced today the nominations for the British Academy Cymru Awards, honouring excellence in broadcasting and production within film, games and television in Wales.

The announcement was made live for the second year running on Facebook by Elin Fflur.

The 27th ceremony will take place on 14 October 2018 at St David’s Hall, Cardiff and will be presented by Huw Stephens for a fourth year. The ceremony will feature special guest performances and celebrity award presenters representing the best of the UK’s creative and media industries.

This year Awards will be presented across 20 production, performance, craft and game categories.

TV Series Born to Kill and Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher lead the nominations with six each.

Born to Kill receives nominations for Actor Jack Rowan as Sam, who was also nominated at this year’s British Academy Television Awards; Director: Fiction for Bruce Goodison, Editing for multiple Cymru Award-winner John Richards, Original Music for Samuel Sim, Photography and Lighting for Sam Care and Television Drama.

The other nominees in the Actor category are 2008 Sian Phillips Award recipient Ioan Gruffudd for his role as Andrew Earlham in Liar and Rhodri Meilir for his role as Dylan Harris in Craith. In the Actress category Amanda Mealing receives a second nomination for her role as Connie Beauchamp in Casualty alongside first-time nominees Annes Elwy as Beth March in Little Women and Gwyneth Keyworth as Megan in Craith.

Previous Cymru Award winners Jeff Murphy and Roger Williams are nominated for Hinterland and Bang respectively for the Writer award and the Director: Fiction category nominees are Bruce Goodison for Born to Kill, Euros Lyn for Kiri, Gareth Bryn for Craith and Philip John for Bang.

Nominated in the Single Documentary category are Charlotte Church – Inside my Brain; Hidden Cardiff with Will Millard; Rhod Gilbert: Stand up to Shyness and Richard and Jaco: Life with Autism.

In the Game category, Wales Interactive’s two titles Don’t Look Twice, made with Red and Black Films and Late Shift, made with CTRL Movie are nominated alongside Thud Media/Boom Cymru’s Byd Cyw.

Recipients of the Siân Phillips Award, sponsored by Pinewood Studios Group, and the BAFTA Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Television will be announced at a celebratory Nominees Party early in October. Both Awards will be presented on 14 October at the ceremony.

The ceremony will be live streamed from St David’s Hall once again this year, with special viewing events being held by New York Welsh at The Liberty in Manhattan, as well as at new partner venues, Galeri Caernarfon and Yr Egin, Carmarthen. The Live Stream is sponsored by Iceland.

Once again this year, BAFTA will be live-streaming interviews with guests and nominees from the red carpet to Facebook.

Tickets to attend the Champagne Taittinger reception, Awards and After Party are priced at £98 each and available to the public and industry professionals from the St David’s Hall Box Office on 029 20 878500 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk.

BAFTA Cymru members are able to purchase tickets at a reduced rate of £68 each and those wishing to join BAFTA Cymru should visit www.bafta.org/wales for further information.

Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 14 October 2018

About BAFTA and BAFTA Cymru (BAFTA in Wales)

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org

BAFTA Wales – or BAFTA Cymru – extends the Academy’s charitable mission across the UK in support of Wales’ creative communities. The highlight of BAFTA’s events calendar in Wales is the annual British Academy Cymru Awards, an independent platform showcasing the work that truly reflects the best of the country across film, television and games, making a difference to those producing creative work as well as those watching it. www.bafta.org/wales

Full list of British Academy Cymru Awards Nominees 2018

SIAN PHILLIPS AWARD (sponsored by Pinewood Studios Group)
Announced on 4 October

DIRECTOR: FACTUAL (sponsored by Capital Law)
IAN MICHAEL JONES for Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
JAMES HALE for Hidden Cardiff with Will Millard
LAURA MARTIN-ROBINSON and CLAIRE HILL for Richard and Jaco: Life with Autism
MOLLY-ANNA WOODS for Sweet Sixteen: A Transgender Story

DIRECTOR: FICTION (sponsored by Champagne Taittinger)
BRUCE GOODISON for Born to Kill
GARETH BRYN for Craith
PHILIP JOHN for Bang
EUROS LYN for Kiri

EDITING (sponsored by Gorilla)
DAFYDD HUNT for Bang
JOHN RICHARDS for Born to Kill
MADOC ROBERTS, JOHN PARKER and DAFYDD HUNT for Warship
SARA JONES for Craith

PHOTOGRAPHY FACTUAL (sponsored by Genero)
ALED JENKINS for Y Ditectif
HUW TALFRYN WALTERS for Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America
LUKE PAVEY for The River Wye with Will Millard

PRESENTER (sponsored by Deloitte)
BETI GEORGE IN Beti George: Colli David
CHARLOTTE CHURCH IN Charlotte Church: Inside My Brain
GARETH ‘ALFIE’ THOMAS IN Alfie v Homophobia: Hate in the Beautiful Game
RHOD GILBERT IN Rhod Gilbert: Stand Up to Shyness

SHORT FILM (sponsored by University of South Wales)
BEDDGELERT
FIRE IN MY HEART
HELFA’R HELI
NECKFACE

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY (sponsored by Aberystwyth University)
CHARLOTTE CHURCH – INSIDE MY BRAIN
HIDDEN CARDIFF WITH WILL MILLARD
RHOD GILBERT: STAND UP TO SHYNESS
RICHARD AND JACO: LIFE WITH AUTISM

SOUND (sponsored by AB Acoustics)
JOHN MARKHAM for Band Cymru 2018
PRODUCTION TEAM for Kiri
PRODUCTION TEAM for Stella

About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.